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Toxicological Assessment of the International Space Station Atmosphere from Mission 5A to 8A
Technical Paper
2002-01-2299
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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There are many sources of air pollution that can threaten air quality during space missions. The International Space Station (ISS) is an extremely complex platform that depends on a multi-tiered strategy to control the risk of excessive air pollution. During the seven missions surveyed by this report, the ISS atmosphere was in a safe, steady-state condition; however, there were minor loads added as new modules were attached. There was a series of leaks of octafluoropropane, which is not directly toxic to humans, but did cause changes in air purification operations that disrupted the steady state condition. In addition, off-nominal regeneration of metal oxide canisters used during extravehicular activity caused a serious pollution incident.
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James, J., Limero, T., Boyd, J., Martin, M. et al., "Toxicological Assessment of the International Space Station Atmosphere from Mission 5A to 8A," SAE Technical Paper 2002-01-2299, 2002, https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-2299.Also In
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